“Injury wise, Royals will still be without Anton Ferdinand (calf) and Jem Karacan (knee). Reading will be up against a familiar face tonight when they trot out on to the pitch at the Macron Stadium.”Reading Post Today

“Injury wise, Royals will still be without Anton Ferdinand (calf) and Jem Karacan (knee). Bolton boss Neil Lennon. Neil Lennon: “I’m hoping we win. Reading may have one eye on the quarter-final against Bradford at the weekend.”Reading Post Today

“His Pools debut, a 1-0 defeat away to Wycombe Wanderers, was watched by several of the Reading first team squad at Adams Park, including Anton Ferdinand.”Hartlepool Mail 2 days ago

“Reading are crossers of the ball Gareth McCleary and Simon Cox are likely to start. Jem Karacan and Anton Ferdinand will miss out due to injury, but Hal Robson Kanu, Danny Williams and Pavel Pogrebnyak will be pushing for recalls.”Forest Vital Football 4 days ago

“Reading are still without Chris Gunter, Anton Ferdinand and Jem Karacan.”Football365 8 days ago

“Well, on the books at Reading, though he’s hardly played through injury, is Anton Ferdinand.”Square Football 8 days ago

“Ferdinand and his family are no strangers to racism controversies though, John Terry was found guilty of racially abusing Rio’s brother, Anton, during a match between QPR and Chelsea.”Caught Offside 9 days ago